Georgia Cancer Specialists Moves Athens Office to Better Serve the Growing Athens Area

New Office On King Avenue Triples Number of Exam Rooms, is Close to Both Area Hospitals Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS) – a Top 10 private cancer practice in the U.S. – will move their current Athens office to a new location at 125 King Avenue, Suite 200, on Monday, February 28, Dr. J. Bancroft Lesesne, […]

GCS Physicians Attend Annual Gwinnett Medical Center Event

Drs. Stephen Szabo, Jorge Leguizamo, and Victoria Afshani Spread the Word About GCS at Primary Care Summit Dr. Stephen M. Szabo, Dr. Jorge P. Leguizamo, and Dr. Victoria L. Afshani represented Georgia Cancer Specialists at Gwinnett Medical Center’s 2nd annual Department of Medicine Primary Care Summit. The event – held on Saturday, February 26, at the […]

Research Patient Drives from Iowa to Thank Staff at Georgia Cancer Specialists

Following Successful Treatment for Prostate Cancer, Mark Schwickerath Says GCS Feels Like Family When Mark Schwickerath’s prostate cancer returned in 2009, the Iowa resident went to the Internet in search of help. After locating a clinical trial for the drug Abiraterone, he emailed Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS) — a Top 10 private cancer practice in […]

New Lymph Node Study Proves Less Can be More in Breast Cancer Care

Lymph Node Removal May Not be Necessary, Meaning a Less Invasive Procedure for Qualifying Breast Cancer Patients For 20 percent of breast cancer patients, the results of a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) could lead to a less invasive treatment plan. The study reveled that removing cancerous lymph nodes in the […]

Georgia Cancer Specialists Offers New Clinical Trial of Crizotinib for Lung Cancer Patients

GCS the Only Site in Georgia to Offer Promising New Drug as First-line Treatment for Lung Cancer Patients with EML4-ALK Translocation Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS) – a Top 10 private cancer practice in the U.S. – is the only site in Georgia to offer a clinical trial of the drug Crizotinib as a first-line treatment […]

GCS Clinical Research Coordinator Candice Griffith, R.N., Featured in Pulse magazine

Griffith Discusses Job Working in the GCS Research Department Georgia Cancer Specialists clinical research coordinator Candice Griffith, R.N., was featured in a recent “Why I Love My Job” feature with Pulse magazine. The article focused on Griffith’s responsibilities working at the GCS-Northside office in Sandy Springs, and she discussed how she first became interested in the field, […]

Georgia Cancer Specialists Moves Cumming Office To Better Serve the Growing Forsyth and North Fulton Area

New Office on Northside Boulevard Now Open With More than Three Times the Amount of Space for Patient Care Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS) – a Top 10 private cancer practice in the U.S. – has opened a new Cumming office at 1505 Northside Boulevard, Suite 4300, Dr. J. Bancroft Lesesne, GCS President and interim CEO, said. […]

Georgia Cancer Specialists Collects More Than 3,500 Bags During Ninth Annual Totes 2 Tots Suitcase Drive

GCS Partners with WSB-TV, DFCS to Collect Bags for Foster Children in Georgia Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS)—a Top 10 private cancer practice in the U.S.—collected 3,530 new and nearly bags during the ninth annual Totes 2 Tots suitcase drive for foster children. The event was held Friday, January 21, at 22 GCS offices across the […]

GCS COO Dr. Wendy Hawke Lenz Featured on Good Day Atlanta to Promote Totes 2 Tots

Dr. Wendy Hawke Lenz was featured on Fox 5’s Good Day Atlanta on Thursday, January 20, to spread the word about Totes 2 Tots. She was joined by Katherine Herren, Deputy Director of DFCS, one of GCS’s main partners in their annual Totes 2 Tots suitcase drive for Georgia’s foster children. Dr. Lenz discussed the […]

ATTENTION! Georgia Cancer Specialists Postpones Totes 2 Tots Until Friday, January 21

Inclement Weather Delays Suitcase Drive for Georgia’s Foster Children; All 22 Original GCS Locations to Still Collect Bags During Ninth Annual Community Event Due to icy wintry weather, Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS) has decided to reschedule its annual Totes 2 Tots suitcase drive for foster children. Originally scheduled to take place Friday, January 14, the […]